Ex-city manager among 8 arrested in Calif. scandal

LOS ANGELES -- Officials say an ex-city manager and mayor are among eight people arrested in a corruption investigation in the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb of Bell.

The district attorney's office announced Tuesday that ex-city manager Robert Rizzo and Mayor Oscar Hernandez were arrested along with several council members.

The district attorney, state attorney general and others have been conducting investigations of officials in the small working-class city since it was disclosed they were paying themselves huge salaries. Rizzo was making nearly $800,000 a year.

The investigations involve allegations of corruption, misuse of public funds and voter fraud.

A message left at Rizzo's Huntington Beach home was not immediately returned.